Shirea L. Carroll has such an impactful story that has truly inspired me. Her captivating fun-loving personality with a kick of "tell it like it is" has made her a true pioneer in the production world. Shirea truly loves to motivate and inspire young professionals who are looking to get into the entertainment industry, and wants to be an example of a someone who did not get anything handed to her. Here is her story.

Born and raised in Willingboro, NJ, Shirea L. Carroll has made a career in creating and executing memorable work. A career that began in 2005 at VIBE magazine as a fashion intern, has turned into a 12 year thriving career in entertainment journalism.

In 2007 under the executive leadership of Danyel Smith, Carroll wrote her first published work for VIBE magazine, and went on later to write many major music and lifestyle features for AOL, Blackbook, theROOT.com, ESSENCE.com,Juicy Magazine, and most currently has led her to her position as Video Content Producer at VH1.

While pursuing writing, Carroll began to immerse herself in hosting and producing in the world of video journalism. She has delivered everything from hard hitting interviews with rapper T.I. before going to jail, to comical red carpet moments with Tyler Perry, Trey Songz, Tyrese, and more.

Pushing her aspirations for writing/producing for television even further, she has since created and produced comedic celebrity shorts for VIBE TV with the help celebrities such as Kevin Hart and Sean Paul, produced web shows for Juicy Magazine, guest starred on segments for BET, writes/hosts her ever highly popular webseries, "Reality Decomposed, and directs and hosts her documentary style series with the casts of Love & Hip Hop and Black Ink Crew.

Carroll, plans on taking her aspirations and passion for creating and hosting video content to redefine "new media" to even more creative levels.